TGuard AeroFinger Reviews
| 5 star | 86% | |
| 4 star | 7% | |
| 3 star | 1% | |
| 2 star | 4% | |
| 1 star | 2% |
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My daughter saved her two middle fingers, and it was a severe case of oral fixation. I talked to my pediatrician and they recommended this guard for me and it was a LIFE SAVER! Before this guard, my daughter was getting splitting in her skin and major discoloration. She even got Hand foot and mouth twice back to back. After 6 weeks with this brace she no longer sucks those fingers at all. She was still able to do her work in daycare and we were so grateful for this brace! I highly recommend it for stubborn fingers suckers.
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Didn’t work for us. We have a thumb suckered and a finger sucker. Got both the thumb guard and the finger guards for our kids. Both kids manage to take them off no matter how tight we put it on.
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The T-Guard was easy to use and came with great detailed instructions. I was hesitant at first thinking it wouldn’t work for my son but once we put it on it worked so well and quickly! After just a week my son completely stopped sucking his fingers! I’m so thankful that the T-Guard helped us help him break the habit before starting school.
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Tguard worked wonderfully for us. Our three year old kept on sucking on her pointer and middle finger since she was a new born. We tried to wean her gently, by talking about it since she turned two. She understood, but kept doing it in her sleep. We switched to bitter nail varnish. Nothing. By the time she turned three, we decided to call the big guns. We ordered from the start two tguards, although she only used one hand, but we feared she will turn to the other one. She tried sucking on her thumb, we combined the tguards with gloves. Worked like a charm. We kept doing this everynight and nap for about three months. Then we started keeping them just at night and eventually removed them altogether. Now she sleeps without the need to put her hands in her mouth. The first weeks were unpleasant; she slept fussy, she was upset, no one slept. But eventually she managed. My only complaint is although i double checked, i had the unpleasant surprise to find out there were additional taxes for the eu. Usually, when i order from the us, i am either announced at the check out that there will be additional taxes or that there might be. Now, it seemed that if i choose the most expensive delivery, i am all good. I wished i would have been warned about this. You guys should find a friendlier provider for the eu, without all the hussle regarding taxes and forms. We are dentists and would gladly recommend them to out patients, but not everybody is desperate enough to spend approximately 250 euros on this.
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The T-Guard worked great for my 4-year old! While he showed improvements after a few weeks, we kept going for the suggested 30 days and followed the sticker chart (with a reward at the end). Now we recommend it to everyone!
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We followed the protocol perfectly with my 4 year old daughter, and she willingly wore it every night, and excitedly put on a sticker every morning, counting down the days to her prize. It’s been a couple months now since we finished, and no more finger sucking! The only downside is the cost (I’m in Canada, and it cost quite a bit after the currency exchange and shipping), but still definitely worth it!
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We absolutely loved this for our 5 year old! Difficult for her to remove unlike other methods we tried but also gentle and not tight on her wrists. We found them to be breathable with no condensation on the device from sweating. Overall, very low maintenance way to stop thumb sucking!
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Broke my Kiddos finger sucking habit that he had for almost 4 years! Couldn’t have gone better and he never complained about the guard it seemed comfortable!
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I tried everything, then I used the finger guard. It worked! My little girl (3 years old) didn’t mind wearing it. And loved the star chart it came with. After two months the habit has been broken. Thank you, definitely recommend.
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THIS WORKED! My daughter had such a habit of sucking her pointer finger and we had tried everything to break it. We tried bitter nail polish, bandaids, taping fingers together, etc. nothing worked. We used it and followed the directions and after two cycles she broke it! We were also super big on the sticker chart and even did milestone wins with her too. I recommend this to ANYONE.
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Broke my daughter’s finger sucking habit in a month! One thing that definitely helped us was that she was excited to use her TGuard and ready to break her habit to be a big girl. When we were done with daytime treatment she would sometimes ask for her TGuard at night when she felt like she needed it. We’re so proud of how well she did!
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It took a couple weeks, but our 6 year old who was a voracious comfort finger-sucker no longer sucks! He did have to be reminded not to chew on the guard, though.
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I tried everything else. This worked!! Dentist said we needed to kick the habit by 3.5 yrs and this did it. My daughter got used to it quickly, liked choosing colors, wore it for a month and now we’re done with the finger sucking, still, even three months later.
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I got this for my 2yrs old baby girl who started sucking her index finger out of the blue. Tried several things I found on the internet but nothing was working till I stumbled on Tguard. She was very upset initially but we persisted, day and night and even when she went to birthday parties and to nursery as well. We found that after her initial resistance, she settled into it alright. I noticed she struggled to bend/flex her fingers while wearing the Tguard, thus making her grip loose and she was dropping things or unable to hold it. I was worried this would be a problem given she was still ‘growing’ and we needed to stick to routine for 2 months as recommended on the pack. After about 4 weeks though, she’d figured out how to forcefully remove her finger from the guard even while strapped and clipped correctly. We then noticed that even though she was doing this, she was not sucking her finger anymore. We took the risk and removed the guard completely as we were worried she would hurt herself. It’s been 3 months since and looks like we broke the habit. Really grateful I stumbled on the Tguard cause it looks like it has really worked.
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Website and delivery were great.
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This product really does work. My 2 year old sucked her fingers since she was a baby and her teeth were coming in and it was affecting its shape with an open bite. The dentist recommended we stop the habit ASAP! Initially she was fussy because she could not self soothe but after 2 weeks she no longer cared for her fingers but we left it on for the recommended time of 6 weeks and now that habit is long gone and she no longer has an open bite! She is now 2.5 and the bite is closed and habit is gone.
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It didn’t work the first time, but we got a new one about 18 months later, at my child’s request and it helped him finally kick the habit.
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Worked well.
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It did not work for us. My daughter (5-6) chewed through 2. It was successful in reducing finger sucking, but as soon as we stopped using it, the habit returned. We found this product on our own Internet search, but my daughter was 5. I took her to 2 dentists and asked for help. I wish we’d tried this at age 3. Perhaps it would have been more successful.
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Did not break the habit for us. No matter how tight we made it, our 4yo squeezed it off at night to suck her fingers. We tried multiple ties at the same time, and tightened it so much it left marks on her wrist. That’s when we gave up.
Our 4yo stopped sucking her thumb thanks to TGuard. Thankfully she really only sucked her thumb at bedtime so we put it on before bedtime and off in the morning. We did this for 30 days, as recommended. It worked!
On day 3rd of wearing thumb brace, my daughter switched to sucking pointer finger. And t-guard doesn’t make a brace for thumb+pointer finger. Sigh
Hi Sonal,
This does happen rarely to children who tend to be under 3 years old. We would encourage you to reach out to us and give us a chance to help before posting the review: we have been selling these devices for over 30 years and we have tips on what to do in such situations.
You can get help here: http://www.tguard.com/help
Kind regards,
MED et al, Inc.
We used the sticker chart that came with the thumb guard for our 5 year old daughter and it helped encourage her. She used the guard for 30 days to help reinforce the no thumb sucking at night. She hasn’t gone back to sucking her thumb since then (it’s been about 3 months!) The thumb guard made it easy and painless for her and was so helpful. Before using this we tried for 2 years to get her to stop with reminders and the bitter nail polish, but this worked so well!
Worked exactly as described! My thumb loving 2 year old stopped after 30 days of using this. Amazing! I recommend this to everyone!
Good product… But son realized he had other fingers
These guards work really well. It was a bit of a journey with our daughter. We used them when she was 3 and she stopped for a few months but then did a big trip downsouth and we didn’t have the guards and she started sucking again in the car. We used them again when she was 4 and she stopped for a year til we took a flight and had sore ears and my husband suggested she suck her thumb!!!! Then she was back at it again. We used them again when she was 7 and has not sucked her thumb again for months. Thanks thumbguard!
Life saver! My daughter is three and loved picking her band colours daily.
After 6 years battling thumb sucking, we tried T guard and 50 days later – No More!. It worked amazingly. Should have used earlier!
Worked getting our 3 year old to stop sucking his thumb. FYI, it does require the recommended weeks of wear, but it works. It was easy to clean in most cases.
This product was amazing for us. Our youngest sucked his thumb almost anytime he wasn’t busy doing something with his hands. At 3.5 yrs old this habit wasn’t slowing down. I had tried gloves taped to his pajamas (he figured out how to rip that off) and the nail polish (didn’t bother him after a few days). I needed something that stayed on and wouldn’t affect his mobility. This was soft, movable and deterred him. He got to pick the band color each day when I cleaned it. I kept it on 1.5-2 months roughly just to be safe and make sure he was over the habit. Those last few weeks, I’d keep it off for a few hours each day as a test. I’m happy to say he hasn’t sucked his thumb since the start. It has been 5 months. He doesn’t make the motion of bringing his hand to his face anymore. He has kicked the habit. I’m thankful for the T guard and recommend it to everyone!
We bought one for each hand after reading reviews. After two months of overnight wearing, our daughter stopped sucking her thumb. We saw I drastically reduce her daytime thumb sucking just a week or two in. Really happy with our results!!
Chewed through it in a week. No good for special needs.
Hi David,
Thanks for your feedback. Please reach out to us, we do offer free replacements for cases like this, and we may have devices made out of a stiffer material which may help. We would love to see your success!